Sculpture; Mixed media; Women; Women's rights; Feminism; Feminists; Sexism; Stereotyping; Discrimination; Sex; Genitals; Body parts; Human body; Biology; History; Arts & crafts; Dinner parties; Celebrations; Parties; Guests; Dining tables;...
"Each of the ceramic plates adorning the table in this installation was individualized. In this photograph, the Georgia O'Keeffe plate on the right owed something of its original design to her Black Iris paintings of the mid-1920s. The plate...
Environmental art; Islands; Trees; Bays (Bodies of water); Bodies of water; Water; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Bird's-eye views
"Europe's great master of Environmental Art is, of course, Christo, who continues to work triumphantly with a significance equal to the ever-greater ambition and scale of his projects. For the recent Surrounded Islands, Christo spent over $3...
Environmental art; Islands; Trees; Bays (Bodies of water); Bodies of water; Water; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Bird's-eye views
"Europe's great master of Environmental Art is, of course, Christo, who continues to work triumphantly with a significance equal to the ever-greater ambition and scale of his projects. For the recent Surrounded Islands, Christo spent over $3...
A factory workroom at the Claude C. Matlack Company. Various parts of lamps and chandeliers sit on and around workbenches. Signs on the column read: "Gas Fixtures Made Electric Matlack" and "Special Designs Executed Matlack."...
Buildings; Industrial facilities; Household soap; Cleaning; Laundry; Colgate-Palmolive Company
A man directs a large rectangular-shaped item being lowed by a piece of machinery in a factory or warehouse with a high ceiling and rows of windows. Stacks of pallets are in the background.
A steamboat passes through a canal in front of a factory. The factory has two smokestacks and what may be a water tower. Some railroad cars are backed up to the factory. The steamboat is multi-level and has a paddle on the back. Two steam chimneys...
Abandoned, boarded-up building, across from a still-operating tomato factory on Brook Street near Hill Street. Painted brick wall sign extending the length of the front of the building can be made out: "OFFICE [with hand pointing left] O-K...
Addie Joss or Adrian Joss (1880-1911). Color portrait of Addie Joss framed by two baseball bats. A 'C' is in the top left corner and 'Naps' is in the top right. The team is the Cleveland Naps (Ohio). Verso: A. Joss. 'Addie' Joss, whose death in...
Industrial facilities; Houses; Dwellings; Buildings; Smokestacks; Air pollution
Address: 2440 S. Floyd Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A house sits next to the Van Camp factory. The factory property includes a multi-story building from which a smokestack pokes into the sooty sky. A lower building with garage doors sits in...
Industrial facilities; Buildings; Railroad tracks; Automobile industry
Address: 2500 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Several cars are parked next to a factory building. Signs in the parking lot indicate "Parking for Ford Motor Co. employees only." The building consists of a long low section for most...
Address: 418 E. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Horses harnessed to a covered cart and a truck are backed up to the loading dock of the Louisville Bedding Co. mattress factory. A man stands at the head of the horses and another is ready at the...
Garages; Show windows; Street railroad tracks; Buildings; Historic buildings; Transportation
Address: 421-425 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The Bosler Fireproof Garage was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The two-story garage is shown here with its arched garage door and second floor windows. On the first...
Address: 528 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Several trucks are parked in front of a row of businesses, including C. C. Bickel Co., The Phil. Hollenbach Co., and Jno. J. Schulten & Co. Above the entry to the C. C. Bickel Co. is a sign...
Address: 533 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The camera was positioned in the middle of Sixth Street about six feet south from the center of Main Street pointing north, 1923. The view captured the Weatherly-McKennie Co. (dry goods) on the...
Address: 801 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. At the corner of Eighth and Main Streets, the Mahan Products Company factory is a multi-story building with large arched windows. An ornamented turret runs two stories along the side and top of the...
Ade Thoss, dates unknown. Black-and-white portrait of Ade Thoss with the Richmond Pioneers (Kentucky). Verso: Series No. 6. Old Mill Cigarettes. Base Ball Subjects - Large Assortment. Factory No. 25, 2d Dist. VA.
